@gath3n: "Hello,
I'm just discussing with a friend if the spelling "Photograph's" is right.
IMHO it should be Photographs. The sentence where it appears is:
"Photograph's Masterpieces by Hanno" (Hanno is the name of my friend).
Any ideas?
TIA
Simon"
    @chris: "On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:48:15 +0200, Simon Olofsson 
<quote>
Apostrophe before 's' is used in two cases:
  As an abbreviation for 'is' or 'has' ("it's raining" == "it is
  raining"; "he's eaten breakfast" == "he has eaten breakfast");
  As the possessive (genetive) case, when not a pronoun ("Harry's cat"
  == "the cat of (belonging to) Harry", but "the cat has lost its way").
So as quoted "Photograph's Masterpieces by Hanno" means "Masterpieces of
the Photograph by Hanno".  If that is what he means, he is correct.  If
not then I'm not certain what it would mean, because "Photographs
Masterpieces" doesn't make much sense in English.
(Note that traditionally the possessive case for a word ending in 's'
naturally just takes an apostrophe, not apostrophe and 's'.  So we would
say "the dogs' dinner" not "the dogs's dinner" if we meant "the dinner
of the dogs".  With proper nouns  names  ending in 's' both forms
are acceptable, as in "Chris's coat" or "Chris' coat", but the former is
more usual at least in British English, especially when spoken rather
than written.)
Chris C"
    @mike_lyle_uk: "<quote>
Well, not quite. I think Chris is being generous, even if Hanno meant
what he appeared to mean. "Photograph's Masterpieces" is not
idiomatic, and there is no rule under which we could safely
understand it.
I think somebody has suggested "Photographic Masterpieces by Hanno"
and "Masterpieces of Photography by Hanno". "Masterpieces of the
Photograph by Hanno" is a high-style version. These would be clear
and idiomatic; but they're all signals not to take Hanno seriously  
I suppose that's his intention, of course.
Mike."
    @loki: "Le Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:59:04 -0700, credoquaabsurdum a �crit�:
<quote>
Which is certainly the reason why you posted this acclaim three times ;-)"
    @loki: "Le Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:29:32 -0700, credoquaabsurdum a �crit�:
<quote>
  Mmm, let's admit the corrction of the plural in your second post,
admitted, though the only difference I can see arriving in the third
is the addup of "Good pickup." ;-)
  Allright, now I have achieved to produce more noise than your little
stuttering I think I'd better shut the door very very silently ;-)
PS: As you said "Typos haunt my dreams."; here's a little help on your
sentence :-)
  Non. J'ai post� ce message trois fois parce qu'il y a(vait) deux grosses
fautes dans les premier et deuxi�me messages.
PPS: no damage was intended, and no posts nor words were harmed during
the making of ..."
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